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SHOWER BATH STALL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9. 19:7.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I;

L. F. EISELE.

SHOWER BATH STALL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1917.

Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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Louis Sal/c.

LOUI-SF. EISELE,-F'PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? sHOWER- BATH s'rALLQ Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented fieti winner Application filed Ju1 y'9f1917. seiiarird; @3363:

To'aZZ whom it ma concern:

Be itknown thatI, LoUIs'F. 'Eisiinefa citizen of the 'United States, residing at' Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia and State "of Pennsylvania; have invented certain new and useful 1 Improvements in Shower-Bath Stalls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shower stall constructlo'n' andf inore part cularly consists of an 1mproved construction of door and door housing for shower hath stalls. Prior tom'y' invention" it Was extremely grade slibweri bath stalls including plate glass mirror doorsand marble casings,'sinde the doors are heavy: and require" strong mountings'and housings. The result was that bulky and unsightly were used in order to insure the desirable durability and to prevent" the sagging and breaking of theglass'doorsand mountings. In addition 7 to this, the

installation Was slow, tedious and expensive:

Oneobjeot of my invention is to eonstru ct a shower bath'stall lncludinga-"heavydoor having a glass nnrror mounted 1n'suoh'1nan-' ner'that itw ill be'durable and neat in appearance.

Another obj ect is to so arrange the" parts i of niy inventi on that afshoWeuba-th' stall of the above." described type can beeasily and quickly manufactured at alow cost.

Figure'l is 'a front elevation of suiiieient of a shower bath stall to illustrate my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the"line 2-2fof Fig. 1, t he same 'beingbrokenaway Within its length.

Fig. 3"isan enlargedsection"onthe line Fig.4 is a 'fragnientary seotion onthe' line Hof Fig;

Fig; 5 is an enlarged fragmentary View of the upper end of FigfiQ."

Fig; 6 is a fragmentary seetionshotvin'g a slight modification'in the frame for the door mirror.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inolusii e of the draWings,*1 represents ashower'bathistall easing which is preferably made of stone or' marble slabs and has opening' 2 Which can be closed by'adoorffi." p

The door 3 includes a plate glass which is preferably madein' ithe form' of "a mlrror' and is mounted ithin a fi-mie si= This frame forms onof the important fer-'- tures of myinventi'on' sinoe itsfcoristruc n; providesan extremely durable door asn ill" hereinafter be more clearly lset' forth. v

Theframet consists of two side channels 6 and 7 and 'afbottonrchannel 8.1 These channels are preferably maae** of nickel plated brass and are of substantially Us? shape 'cross' section as clearlyshown in 70 2 and 3. I Filling stripsfgfand" 10" are pos t-1' tioned within the f channels and and are preferablyjsoldered to theinner thei of. These "filling stripsfsert e f reinfforing'f members for the sides of thechaiiiiels aiiidt75 their outer edges also serve abutting? means for the o ppositely disposed sidedges of the glass panel 4 (see Fji'gi Theb ttom channelB also'has'faffilling strip' 'li o tioned ithin its side portions in: a fnianiier similar to the positioning-of the'fillingstrips 9 and 10, and this filli'ng strip 11. serves as reinforcementfor the'sid'es of tliefbottonr channel Sand, also sei' tes" as a rest for the bottom edge of the panel 4." H

The side channels "6 an 7 and the 'bettom channel 8 have their 'endsbei eIedas clearly illustrated in ig. 1 to form a right frame "for the panel The top of th ejf rame 5 inoludes'two strips'12 'and 13." Thefst'iip i 12 has two filling pieces 14 and 15 seoiired I thereto and arefdesignedfi to extend trans-l Verseily of the" door an can; with the strip e r d from the frame wxpemi r h glass Pane d.b id d i 'li yfr imth top between the sides of th side ch%m iie1s 6 n twe i s i i t e ba om'p nne it .bel s edf' h f trip i bi edg or otlierwise'seoured to oneofthe "sides-of" each of the side channel's6 and7 .1 V I The fillingstrips l4 l5 havethraded" holes 16 and 17, and sc' re' v vs 18 "are desi gned to loe inserted througli tlie strip; 1310 secure the 'filling pieces "and'sti ip-lQ to the strip l3 so as to form a complete frame" afterthe glass panel has"beeri insffi i. I I

To remove the; glass panel- 14:, it is "merely necessary to remove thef'serew's 18 to'permit the strip '12, and With it' the filling pieces l4, to be'taken off, thentheglassfpanel can be slid out of the frame inthe same manner in which it Was inserted.

Hinges 19 are provided to swing the door 3 on the casing 1, the rear surface of the casing being provided with metal facing plates 20 and 21. Bolts 22 secure the leaves 23 of the hinges 19 to the casing 1, the bolts 'having their ends 24 engaging the facing plate 20 so as to have a secure bearing between the metallic leaves 23 of the hinges and the plate 20.

The plate 21 is secured to thecasing by bolts 22*, and these bolts are preferably provided with heads to insure a secure binding action between the casing and said plate 21. The leaves 25 of the hinges are secured by screws 26 tothe side channel 7 the screws engaging threaded openings 27 in the filling strip 10. Thus'a secure mounting is provided for the-screws126 and hinges 25 which is fullycapable of supporting the door 3.

The plate 20v has an inturned rounded corner portion 28 which .projectswlthin the opening 2 and forms an abutment for the inner surface of the side channels 6 sov as to prevent any splashing of the water within the stall from working its way'out between the door and'the casing '1. The facing plate 21 also. has an inturned corner portion 29 -which projects withintheopening 2 and to'move the bolt into locking engagementv with the plate 21.

The case 32 is provided with an extension 34 having ahandle 35 thereon which projects into the interiorof the stalland can be grasped by an occupantlofthe stall to either open or close the door from the inside.

A handle 36 issecured to the outer surface of the side channel 6 byla screw37, the

screw having a threaded end which engages a threaded opening 38 in the filling strip 9,

thus the door can be conveniently opened or closed from the'inside or from the outside,

The bottom of the opening -2 ison a slightly higher level than the upper surface 39' of the base 40 of the casing 1 so that water falling on the base surface 39 will: not run out through the bottom of the opening 2 (see Fig. 2). r e

To further guardiagal-nst the splash of the water from runningout of the stallthrough the bottom of the opening 2,1. provide a cured to the bottom channel 8 by means of screws 42 and forms a slanting shed which deflectsany water running down the inner surface of the door to the surface 39 of the base 40.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6, I have illustrated a modification in which one of the side channels is made up of two sections 43 and 44. The section 43 is L-shape, while the section 44 is in the form of a flat strip. A filling strip 45 is soldered, brazed, or otherwise secured to the sections .43 and 44. In all other respects this contaking a particular form, .it will be under stood that the various parts of my invention may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes'and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A door including a frame in which the lower horizontal portion and upright joining'portions are made of channels, each of said portions having a filling strip extending in the direction of its length and spanning the distance between the inner surfaces 3 of its sides, said filling strips being set in beyond the lnner edges of saidsides'; and apanel having edge portions fitting in the space between said surfaces and between said inner edges and theadjacent surfaces of said filling strips, said frame also includmg a top portion having a detachable outer side 'sectlon, said section including. a portion 7 forming an abutment for the upper edge. of

said panel whereby. when said detachable section is removed the panel can be slid up-Z- 1 wardly'out of said frame, substantially as described. r a

2. Afdoor including, aframe made of 7 channels; a panel having edge portionsfitting within said channels; and filling strips entending within said channels in the direct1on of the length thereof and spanning the distance between the inner surfaces of the 7 sides of said channels whereby the filling strips form reinforcements for the sides of the channels and abutments for the edges 7 of said panel, the channel of the upperpon splash guard 41. Thissplash. guardis seition of said frame being made in two substantially horizontal sections,one of said sections having certain of said filling strips secured thereto and being detachable togcther with said latter mentioned filling strips from the other section to permit the entire panel to be slid out of the frame, sub stantially as described.

3. A device of the character described having a supporting structure with on opening therein; a door for closing said opening and including a frame made up of channels; a panel having edge portions fitting within said channels; filling strips extending within said channels in the direction of the length thereof and spanning the distance between the inner surfaces of the sides of said channels whereby the filling strips form reinforcements for the sides of the channels and abutments for the edges of the panel,

said filling strips having threaded openings therein; and hinges secured to said frame and supporting structure, said hinges including securing screws which extend through the side of one of said channels and fit within said threaded openings in the filling strip of the channel to which they are attached, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS F. EISELE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. Po'r'rs MARY A. INGLAR.

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